(204570) Veronicabray Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 12 March 2005 by M. W. Buie at Kitt Peak.
Veronica J. Bray (b. 1981) is a British-American planetary scientist. She has served in many roles on a variety of NASA missions, including Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, Cassini, and the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Kuiper Belt.Naming citation (WGSBN Bull. 4, #4, 7), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Veronicabray is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Veronicabray is 2.60 au from the Sun and 1.77 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 204570 |
| Provisional designation | 2005 EA317 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 16.0 |
| Orbital period | 4.56 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.75 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.56 – 2.94 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.0696 |
| Inclination | 3.92° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.58 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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